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Subject:Re: What next? ... GREMLINS STILL OCCUPY 80 CA VANAGON
From:Jeff Diebolt
Date:Fri, 31 Jan 1997 21:14:52 -0500

If the vehicle is fuel injected and the vapor line plugged, the chances are
very good that the suction from the fuel pump will collapse the fuel tank.
Vacuum has almost superman like powers. Especially on thin fuel tanks. I've
seen it happen with mechanical pumps on beetles.
>At 04:33 PM 1/30/97 -0600, Tonya Pope wrote:
>Question for the list--if the vapor return lines are clogged or blocked,
>will a 'vapor lock' situation arise that would produce similar behavior?
>
>Tonya
>87 Vanagon GL Wolfs
>74 S. Beetle
>
>

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 Jeff & Jean-Marie Diebolt
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